Nothing is the force that renovates the World.
To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking.
Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of daily tasks and functions. Others were born of the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the demands of self-determination and the roll of the dice.
. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good.
Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail
You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.
Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in this? I don't know, said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. [. . . ] Ralph shouted. Hear him! He's got the conch! What I mean is. . . maybe it's only us. Nuts! That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum.
Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.
That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
More oftentimes than not, you're automatically guilty before innocent.